Shim



Patented Apr- 9, 1935 r 1.1;; H g .SHIM L V "wiiiiam'nirs," Springfield, "in, lii i nor a;

, Weaver Manpifiacturing Company," Springfield,

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'1 is fully andclearly'depictedin the edgewise view andi style of elongatediwedsd'b taperedshim}- of Fi ure 1. l

i such, ioir e'xampla as i's'icomm'only employed he Oneadvantage'ofsuchawedgeor shim element tweenathe leaflspringsfof an automobile an'dthe i that n "i q m lvth xle pri'ne-seat or.

p g Saddle'crseat on its supporting axlej I i spring-saddle of anwautomobilefon which such 5 Byra'on of changes in the shapes of vehicleshim-"beneath the vehicle-spring is adapted, to.

springs, due to continued use or accident, or by r n bealllisr'nofl a a tly p an su fa bllt reason of distortion or injury to the axle itself, y av S e Spots higher than othersi it becomes desirable or essential to overcome the, Such miner e 'm y b aeeommodflted detrimental results of such occurrences ina simple by chance in the lateral or cross grooves in the 10 and inexpensive manner, and, in many cases, the 'llndelsurfaee f h Shim, if they are not 50 defect or fault may be cured or remedied for all, located as to be thus cared fo the fluted practical functioning purposes by the use of such wrinkledform of t Shim p i it to be y Wedgeshims in the location or relation stated. f rm d o fi tly o a m t the 15 One object of the present invention is toprohigh spots, thus allowing the wedge or shim as .15

vide a novel and improved type of shimwhich a .whole to be fully seated or to bear properly and is designed and adapted to find a better seat or adequ y onlthe members between Which it is bearing on the spring saddle and to overcome the interposed. i V objectionable eifects of one or more high spots o e, if th re a e ny a high Spots on such saddle. on the ,undersurface of the spring with which 20 A further purpose of the invention is to reduce the wedge coop it n n y the weight and amount of metal incorporated in therewith in practically the same manner. such shims. Centrally the new shim or wedge has a hole An added aim of the invention is to supply a or slot l4 therethrough, the. dimension of such shim or wedge of this character the width of aperture crosswise of the plate being longer than which can be readily modified and which at the its dimension lengthwise the plate, the object same time can be positioned centrally with reof such location and shape of aperture being inspect to thespring tie-bolt of the vehicle-spring. dicated below. i 1

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part The leaf springs of automobiles by reason of of this specification and to which reference should use are likely to sag in time, and to compensate 30' be had in connection with the following detailed forsuch deformation these wedge shims are de-' description, a present'preferred embodiment of signed to be inserted and held in place between the invention has been shown, and for the sake the axle spring-seat and the vehicle-spring itself. of clearness the same parts have been supplied. The superposed leaves of such springs are ordiwith like reference numerals throughout the narily bound ortied together as a unitby atieviews. bolt extending through registering holes in the In this drawing:- l a leaves, and the specified slot in the shim is em- Figure 1 is an edge view of the improved and ployed to receive the end portion of such bolt or 40 novel shim or wedge; 1 V l its nut. i a

Figure 2 is a, f i 01 th Same; and A shim for such use must be. sufiiciently nar- 40 Figure 3 is a cross-section on line 3-4 of Figto permit t -b lt spring-cup o dure 1. dle it.

By reference to this drawing,-it will be per- T avo d th ss ty of k pin in st k ceived that the novel shim or wedge is formed of Shims Of all des red W t is new Shim is ad a metal plate ii preferably, but not necessarily, in such a way that its width may be readily of uniform gauge or thickness, transversely or changed as circumstances require. laterally corrugated, ribbed or of wave or ser- To this end, or for the accomplishment of this pentine formation, with the cross corrugations or purpose, registering grooves l5 and 16 in the hollow ribs gradually andprogressively increasing upper and under faces of the wedge plate are in size or depth from one end of the plate to the provided adjacent to, and parallel to, each of other, the One end I? efllhe Plate being practhe opposite longitudinal edges of the plate, thus tically or actually free from such cross elevations forming reduced lines of breakage or severance and valleys, whereas those near the opposite end on which the outer edge sections or portions I3 of the plate are of substantial measure, all as I1, I! of the member maybe broken ofi as 00- 5 g is of suflicient length transversely of the shim tov casion requires to reduce the width of the shim in proper degree. 7 r

Accordingly, the shim may be employed in its full width, or it may be made of an intermediate width by the removal of either one of the long, narrow, marginal portions H, or it may be reduced to its narrowest width by breaking ofi both of such parts l1, IT.

The tie-bolt of the vehicle-spring with which the shim is used must be in the middle of the shim so far as the crosswise dimension of the plate is concerned, and, accordingly, the slot l4 accommodate such 'bolt centrally of the shim regardless of which single one of the parts I! may have been broken oil.

Of course, if the shim were always used full width or in its narrowest width, then a round;

itself to slight inequalitiesin the-"surfaces on which it bears, that the new member can be made of less weight and with less metal than has heretofore been incorporated in solid, uncorrugated shims, and that the element can be positioned centrally of the spring and its bolt even though one only of its side parts has been removed. r 1 h The scope of the invention has been defined by the appended claim, but the fact that only one embodiment of the invention has been presented in detail is not to be considered as a limitation .of the invention, because the latter is susceptible of a variety of embodiments'differing more or less in structural details but all incorporating the fundamental principles as set forth in such claim., 1 1

I claim:

A wedge shim plate of substantially uniform thickness transversely corrugated with corrugations of gradually increasing depth, lengthwise of the plate, each individual corrugation being of, substantially uniform depth, whereby the shim as a whole tapers as to effective thickness longitudinally of the plate, the shim having an aperture therethrough for the accommodation of a springtie bolt.

WILLI'AM KEIM. 

